On Thursday, Mother Jones published a thorough takedown of the FOX News anchor's war stories, specifically in his recounting of the 1982 Falklands war between the UK and Argentina. At the time, O'Reilly was a correspondent for CBS News.

While O'Reilly was in Buenos Aires in the midst of protests in the Argentine capital, he never stepped foot on the Falklands during the conflict, nor did any other American correspondent.

During a 2013 interview on FOX News, O'Reilly recounted his experience during the Falklands war, describing himself as being in a "war zone." While O'Reilly does not expressly said he was on the islands, he does repeatedly mention the war zone.

"I was in a situation one time, in a war zone in Argentina, in the Falklands, where my photographer got run down and then hit his head and was bleeding from the ear on the concrete. And the army was chasing us," said O'Reilly. "I had to make a decision. And I dragged him off, you know, but at the same time, I'm looking around and trying to do my job, but I figure I had to get this guy out of there because that was more important."

Much of his recounting of the experience glorifies his own actions while denigrating those of other journalists working alongside him at the time. O'Reilly was in Buenos Aires reporting for CBS News during violent street protests, though it does not appear there were any fatalities, as the FOX anchor has asserted in his retelling.

“There were riots in the streets of Buenos Aires.... and I was out there pretty much by myself because the other CBS News correspondents were hiding in the hotel," said O'Reilly during a 2009 interview with Hamptons TV's "American Dreams Show."

O'Reilly has responded to the Mother Jones story, calling David Corn, Washington bureau chief of the magazine, a liar.

“[Corn] is a liar, a smear merchant, and will do anything he can to injure me and the network. Everybody knows that. Everything I’ve reported about my journalistic career is true,” said O'Reilly in an interview with FOX colleague Howard Kurtz. "There is not any way anyone on earth could say I said I was on the Falkland Islands.”

Criticism of O'Reilly appeared to be gaining some momentum, particularly from journalists, including BBC's South America Correspondent Wyre Davies. However the initial reaction was nowhere near the backlash Williams saw in the wake of his recent misreporting.

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